Alan Baskin 🦋 @alanbaskin.bsky.social · 19/07/2026thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/edit...thesaturdaypaper.com.auThe Rinehart emailsThe Saturday Paper is a quality weekly newspaper, dedicated to narrative long-form journalism. 010
Reposted by Alan Baskin 🦋Marcus Kelson @marcuskelson.bsky.social · 09/07/2026everything you needed to know about Nigel Farage was foreshadowed in 1970... www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVI5...youtube.comMonty Python's Flying Circus - Election Night SpecialYouTube video by CaptainWii64 33816
Reposted by Alan Baskin 🦋Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 22/06/2026"I have accepted Keir Starmer's resignation as my chief servant and have invited Andy Burnham to lay out details for how many meals a day he'll give me" 164130482524
Reposted by Alan Baskin 🦋Waggtoon (Commissions Open) @waggtoon.bsky.social · 13/06/2026RIP Gene Shalit. In his honor, here's a clip from the best interview he ever did. 11904287
Alan Baskin 🦋 @alanbaskin.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Well, after being on Bluesky almost since the beginning, and watching what’s happening on the other place, I finally closed my account there yesterday. I’m sure I’m not missing much. 000
Reposted by Alan Baskin 🦋Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 08/05/2026If Tony Abbott is appointed Liberal Party federal president, does that make him the suppository of all wisdom? Will he threaten to shirt-front Albo? Will he tell the housewives of Australia what they need to understand as they do the ironing? Will he say we should knight King Charles?! 🤔 #auspol 104512
Reposted by Alan Baskin 🦋Van Badham @vanbadham.bsky.social · 10/04/2026This is an extraordinarily cut-through comment in the wake of the BRS charges that appeared on my Facebook page and I urge every Australian to read it. #auspol 88821
Reposted by Alan Baskin 🦋Jordan aka Jirdan @slclunk.com · 28/02/2026I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to 92131675309
Reposted by Alan Baskin 🦋stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 16/02/2026Dr Jeremy Walker details the “enormous war chest” of Advance & lists funders inc Gina Rinehart, James Packer, IPA board, Woodside’s Charles Goode & “the priv foundation of Jillian Segal” - who pay Advance to “flood social media with aggressive Far Right disinformation”🔥 #auspol 32667384
Reposted by Alan Baskin 🦋Ewart, Dave @davidewart.bsky.social · 07/02/2026youtube.com/shorts/_bT9f...youtube.comThese bees almost froze to deathYouTube video by How’s Your Day Honey 021
Alan Baskin 🦋 @alanbaskin.bsky.social · 07/02/2026Well worth a read! Don't mention the war johnmenadue.com/post/2026/02...johnmenadue.comDon't mention the warAustralia is struggling to respond proportionately to violence, fear and political pressure in the wake of the Bondi attacks, October 7 and Israel’s war in Gaza. The result has been a contraction of d... 011
Reposted by Alan Baskin 🦋Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Carney: "In a time of rising populism and ethnic nationalism, Canada can show how diversity is a strength, not a weakness... Canada can't solve all the world's problems. But we can show that another way is possible. That the arc of history isn't destined to be warped toward authoritarianism". 213120892535
Reposted by Alan Baskin 🦋Ewart, Dave @davidewart.bsky.social · 09/01/2026youtu.be/rdcGEBk9egA?... it would really kick 🦶 this video into the stratosphere if everyone with a passing interest in promoting live music instead of AI took a moment to like or comment on the video on you tube.youtu.beHonkfest. Bed's are burning . Outstanding hoot band performance honk Australia 🌏YouTube video by davey ewart 22015
Reposted by Alan Baskin 🦋The Saturday Paper @thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 21/12/2025"The world I am about to leave has changed for the worse," writes Barry Jones. "Facts, figures, evidence, testable proposition and rational debate no longer count. Liberal democracy is in sharp decline." satpa.pe/tagm5G6satpa.peOn faith and the exit ramp 11810
Reposted by Alan Baskin 🦋Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Maria Shriver, niece of JFK: He was a man interested in the arts, culture, education, language, history... It is beyond comprehension that the president has sought to rename this great memorial. C’mon my fellow Americans! Wake up! This is not dignified. This is not funny... It’s downright weird. 1162256827988
Reposted by Alan Baskin 🦋Ronni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Have a quiet think. Let it be a guiding lesson for you Whatever regretful comments you may have made in your life, whatever actions you wish you could take back, let your benchmark for the lowest of the low be using the deaths of 15 people for the relaunch of your political career 921338353
Reposted by Alan Baskin 🦋The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 08/12/2025“I’d have no problem releasing the video” “I didn’t say that, you said that. Fake news.” 5 days apart 😬 (From @therecount.com ) 1347154097304
Reposted by Alan Baskin 🦋Mary Hopkin Music @maryhopkinmusic.bsky.social · 03/12/2025Listen to Ralph and Mary reminisce in this lovely chat: www.mixcloud.com/SpaceStudios...mixcloud.comThe Mary Hopkin Radio Show S01 E04 - Ralph McTellIn this latest episode of the Mary Hopkin Radio Show, Mary talks to her great friend, the legendary Ralph McTell. A warm and funny show, with songs from both Ralph and Mary, and a story about pumping ... 364
Reposted by Alan Baskin 🦋Harry Wallop @harrywallop.co.uk · 02/12/2025Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard 144117794045
Reposted by Alan Baskin 🦋Daniel Bowen @danielbowen.au · 30/11/2025The good news just keeps on coming 515336
Reposted by Alan Baskin 🦋Kurt Lass @kurtl.bsky.social · 20/09/2025Meta and Mark Zuckerberg know no shame. This is disgusting conduct worthy of a prison sentence for Meta executives including Zuckerberg. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comParents outraged as Meta uses photos of schoolgirls in ads targeting manExclusive: Instagram pictures of girls as young as 13 were posted to promote Threads site ‘as bait’, campaigner says 021
Reposted by Alan Baskin 🦋Van Badham @vanbadham.bsky.social · 19/09/2025My latest in the Guardian is about why and how America is turning Australians into a nation of stunned mullets. 0155
Alan Baskin 🦋 @alanbaskin.bsky.social · 16/09/2025www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/m...nytimes.comRobert Redford, Screen Idol Turned Director and Activist, Dies at 89 010
Alan Baskin 🦋 @alanbaskin.bsky.social · 12/09/2025Depends what charges police lay of course, but I would have mentioned the fact a person was injured in the lead par. 020
Alan Baskin 🦋 @alanbaskin.bsky.social · 12/09/2025Just wondering about Nine Radio's news reports describing an incident in which a homeless person was set alight as an 'arson attack'. Surely it was a bit more than that. #NineNews #Auspol 291
Reposted by Alan Baskin 🦋The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 11/09/2025UN Security Council to meet over violation of Polish airspace, Poland saysirishtimes.comUN Security Council to meet over violation of Polish airspace, Poland saysPoland, backed by Nato allies, shot down suspected Russian drones on Wednesday 084
Alan Baskin 🦋 @alanbaskin.bsky.social · 10/09/2025Bad journalism anyway. One of the first things I was taught, if someone is ‘famous’ there’s no need to say it. Same with ‘popular’. 050
Reposted by Alan Baskin 🦋The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 06/09/2025So You Want to Own Greenland? Lessons from the Vikings to Trump: A much sought-after propertyirishtimes.comSo You Want to Own Greenland? Lessons from the Vikings to Trump: A much sought-after propertyAustralian defence analyst frames book as ‘a buyer’s guide’, highlighting challenges facing Trump or anyone else sizing up the world’s largest island 031
Alan Baskin 🦋 @alanbaskin.bsky.social · 06/09/2025‘Don’t touch it’: Port Arthur veterans on gun law amendments www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.authesaturdaypaper.com.au‘Don’t touch it’: Port Arthur veterans on gun law amendmentsAs the NSW government considers backing the Shooters party on a bill that would ease restrictions on weapons, those close to the 1996 massacre warn against any move that could fuel the national surge ... 000
Reposted by Alan Baskin 🦋Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 03/09/2025JFK: “Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country". 2026272
Reposted by Alan Baskin 🦋Jonathan Green @greenj.bsky.social · 03/09/2025'While Canberra’s opposition parties dither on net-zero targets it’s interesting to note that [Ley] represents an electorate that's home to some of the most vigorous renewables development in the country.' Me in The Monthly on Sussan Ley's electorate, Farrer. www.themonthly.com.au/september-20...themonthly.com.auContrast countryVisiting the wide-ranging country electorate of Sussan Ley, the leader of a party in desperate need of winning seats in the distant big cities 02810
Reposted by Alan Baskin 🦋Van Badham @vanbadham.bsky.social · 01/09/2025Thank you to The Age for truth in headlining. #auspol 28515
Reposted by Alan Baskin 🦋Jane Caro @janecaro.bsky.social · 17/08/2025In your fascist dreams, dickhead. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comFarage adviser said UK would be better off if it had not fought in WW2Exclusive: Jack Anderton says UK may ‘regain’ former colonies in future and suggests end to support for Ukraine 2015638
Reposted by Alan Baskin 🦋Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 15/08/2025Switched on the TV. As Putin & Trump walked toward each other on the tarmac, Trump actually applauded the murderous war criminal. 6458699
Reposted by Alan Baskin 🦋Jane Caro @janecaro.bsky.social · 15/08/2025I feel desperately sorry for Byron Bay Writers Fest cancelled due to catastrophic rain, not so much sympathy for Bendigo. Writers are meant to make the powerful uncomfortable. It is literally our job. www.smh.com.au/culture/book...smh.com.au‘Not a time for silence’: More than 30 authors quit Bendigo Writers FestivalThe festival started on Friday, but the opening night gala and the closing event have been cancelled along with a number of other sessions. 717728
Reposted by Alan Baskin 🦋Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 13/08/2025It’s amazing that Washington DC can achieve its lowest crime rate in 30 years when 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is experiencing its highest crime rate in history. 268134613607
Reposted by Alan Baskin 🦋Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 14/08/2025In the time when we all lived in caves, half of everyone born was dead by age 30. By 1840, half of everyone born was dead by 35. ( despite organic foods, clean air & water (etc) Today’s much long life expectancy is due to science - the meds, the vaccines etc Do not listen to RFK Jr 16949111151
Reposted by Alan Baskin 🦋Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/08/2025The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe. Will we listen to his words today? 7402936311555
Reposted by Alan Baskin 🦋Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 13/08/2025‘Help me, please!’ Plainclothes “ICE” agents snatch a man outside Los Angeles’ largest courthouse on Wednesday. A tactic that has been repeatedly condemned by the legal community. Painful to watch. Even more painful knowing there are people who not only accept this, are happy about it. 143276054292
Reposted by Alan Baskin 🦋MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 14/08/2025A late night message from Gavin Newsom 1322303237373
Reposted by Alan Baskin 🦋Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 13/08/2025Spending $200 Billion on ICE Is a Terrible Idea www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 20454104
Reposted by Alan Baskin 🦋Van Badham @vanbadham.bsky.social · 07/08/2025Apart from the fascism and cruelty, my main problem with trump is he’s just such a sooky little bitch. 3663
Reposted by Alan Baskin 🦋scha·den·freu·de @blisterpearl.bsky.social · 01/08/2025Please enjoy this Klimt Eastwood 18375501140
Alan Baskin 🦋 @alanbaskin.bsky.social · 02/08/2025A ‘good start’ is not a phrase I would use to describe anything Trump has done.. 010